Cabinet of Ministers resolution No. 586 of 22 October 2026, on additional measures to ensure the environmentally safe operation of greenhouse farms in Tashkent and the territories next to it, sets special environmental rules for greenhouses in a special zone. The zone covers Tashkent city and the Yuqori Chirchiq, Qibray, Yangiyo‘l, Zangiota and Tashkent districts of Tashkent region.
Heated greenhouses in the zone may work only with natural gas, including liquefied gas, electricity, geothermal energy, solar energy, or secondary heat from thermal power plants. Greenhouses that burn solid fuel (coal, briquettes or biomass pellets) must switch to these sources by 1 December 2026.
Solid fuel stays allowed only where a greenhouse meets all the requirements at once: automatic control of boilers with dust and gas cleaning, continuous automatic emissions monitoring linked to the Ecology Committee’s information systems, certified equipment, online cameras, a backup power supply and generator, and proper disposal of waste. Burning tyres, bitumen, fuel oil, plastics, rubber, used oil and household or industrial waste is banned.
Support for clean heating
Until 1 January 2028, the state budget covers 50% of the cost of dust and gas cleaning equipment, boilers, energy-saving screens, energy-efficient technology and heating equipment that runs on electricity, geothermal or solar energy or cogeneration, up to 50 million soums per hectare.
In 2026 and 2027, commercial banks will lend for projects that switch greenhouses to electric, geothermal, solar or cogeneration heating: seven-year loans with a three-year grace period at 14% a year, of which 4 points is the bank’s margin, for up to 50% of the project cost and up to 3 billion soums per hectare. Greenhouses that want automatic monitoring stations can get up to 350 million soums per station, repaid in interest-free instalments.
Until 1 January 2030, imported equipment that is not made in Uzbekistan and is used to build or modernise greenhouses, including equipment for geothermal and solar energy, is exempt from customs duty.
Enforcement
From 1 December 2026, greenhouses that do not meet the requirements will not get a positive state environmental review, and earlier approvals will be suspended; they may be cut off from electricity, gas and water. Inspections and monitoring will run every year from 15 October to 15 March.
Why it matters
The resolution turns the proposals presented to the President on 13 October into binding rules. Around the capital, geothermal heat is now one of the few permitted ways to heat a greenhouse, and geothermal heating equipment qualifies for subsidies, cheaper loans and duty-free import.
